The English Cottage Garden Nursery
Cottage Garden Plants, Wildflowers, Herbs, Seeds, Meadow Seed Mixes and Native Hedging

Eggarton Cottages, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, Kent, CT4 7DY
Tel/Fax: 01227 730242
www.englishplants.co.uk
www.wildflower-favours.co.uk
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GLOBE THISTLE (ECHINOPS RITRO)

Buy now (For sale in the Cottage Garden section of the shop)


Hardy perennial. Large globular heads of blue flowers, atop tall stems. Grows to about 4 ft (1.2 m) high.

Good bee, bumblebee and butterfly plant. Seeds are eaten by finches.

Plant in full sun or light shade - better flowers are produced in poorer soil. Deadhead regularly to promote more flowers. Cut back stems in autumn after flowering.


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